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Monday, March 19, 2012

Sad day

Erik Scott’s Family Drops LawsuitSunday, March 18th, 2012
Scott, a West Point grad and Duke graduate student, was shot and killed
outside of a Las Vegas Costco after he got into an argument with a
Costco employee. The employee apparently saw that Scott was (legally)
carrying a weapon, panicked, and called the police. In their testimony
at the coroner’s inquest, police said that as Scott was leaving the
Costco, they simultaneously told him to drop his weapon and put his hands in the air. When he didn’t comply with both, which of course was impossible, they killed him.

The coroner nonetheless found the shooting justified. Which shouldn’t be surprising. Las Vegas hasn’t fired a police officer
for shooting someone in any of the 378 times it’s happened over the
last 20 years. (Although one of the cops involved in the Scott shooting
was later fired and criminally charged in a separate case for providing a
gun to a felon.)

Scott had no prior criminal record. His family had been pursuing a
lawsuit. But they’ve now given up, apparently out of frustration. Here’s
the press release, in full:

Scott Family Announces Erik B. Scott Lawsuit to be Dismissed

Las Vegas, NV (March 13, 2012) – Upon advice of legal counsel, the
family of Erik B. Scott has dismissed its lawsuit against the Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Department, Sheriff Doug Gillespie and the three
officers who shot and killed Erik on July 10, 2010.

“We are extremely disappointed, and this action is being taken with
great reluctance,” said William B. Scott, Erik’s father. “We thank our
attorney, Ross Goodman, and his team for their outstanding efforts on
Erik’s and our behalf. It’s time to move on with our lives.”

“We feel Erik was wrongfully killed, through an incredibly tragic
mistake,” he added. “Officer William Mosher claimed he tapped Erik on
the shoulder, and Mosher confirmed, at the coroner’s inquest hearing,
that Erik responded by stating that he had a concealed firearm. Erik was
trying to comply with the officer’s conflicting commands, when Mosher
fired two shots.

The commands and those first shots occurred within two
seconds. Mosher’s first round hit Erik in the heart, killing him
instantly. The second round went through Erik’s right thigh. Officers
Mendiola and Stark then fired another five rounds into Erik’s back,
after my son was on the ground and dying.”

True Hoplophobia, or the fear of guns, is a mental illness which, like other true phobias, incapacitates its victims with anxiety, shortness of breath, inability to think clearly and rationally. Obviously, we who are fearful of guns and their destructive power don't have true Hoplophobia. But we are still afraid. Why?

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PRO GUN QUOTES

Gun control:The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound. - L. Neil Smith

Gun control has not worked in D.C. The only people who have guns are criminals. We have the strictest gun laws in the nation and one of the highest murder rates. It's quicker to pull your Smith and Wesson than to dial 911 if you're being robbed. - Lieutenant Lowell Duckett, President Black Police Caucus, Special Assistant to Washington, D.C. Police Chief

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here? - Paul Harvey, 1994

Suppose the Second amendment said A well-educated electorate being necessary for self-governance in a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed. Is there anyone who would suggest that means only registered voters have a right to read? - Robert Levy, Georgetown University Professor

We should not blame a gun itself for any crime or any acts of violence, any more than we can blame a pen for misspelling a word. - Senator Bennett (R-UT), Congressional Record, 5/16/68

When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President of the United States

PRO GUN CONTROL QUOTES

For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.- James Brady

The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace.- Janet Reno

We need to stand firm on behalf of sensible gun control legislation. We have to enact laws that will keep guns out of the hand of children and criminals and mentally unbalanced persons.- Hillary Clinton

Without stronger, sensible gun laws, thousands upon thousands of people will continue to die and be injured needlessly each year.- Brady Campaign

We don't need any additional gun laws, we need to enforce the ones that we've got!- Anonymous

One third of all households with children younger than eighteen have a firearm-Brady Campaign

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an out-right ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here.-Senator Dianne Feinstein

This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!- Adolph Hitler